NBA 2021 Former colleagues in Golden State clarify the various controversies they have faced
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YOUOne of the best teams in NBA history are the Warriors of Curry, Thompson, Green and Durant, who shared the courts for three seasons between 16/17 and 18/19. ORA team that started after Draymond’s call to KD and ‘ended’ when they fought in a match early last season against the Clippers.
Much has been said about these interactions, but never a direct exchange of the protagonists until Draymond appeared on the podcast The ETCs this is what the Now Nets player suggests, where they confirm that both stories have been removed from the promotion.
‘You know everything is sweet. That they believe what they want to believe, that’s what I tell their shitWatch what you want, hear what you want. read what you want from things you will never know. That’s how things are, ” Green concluded after talking about modern basketball for over an hour, criticizing the analysis and what was said about those Warriors’ play, in addition to talking about those controversies.
For starters, Draymond denies speaking to KD in tears to beg him to come to Golden State after losing a 1-3 lead to the Cavs in the 2016 final.
“We’ll send each other some messages, just say, ‘I saw what happened. You saw what happenedAnd that was it. There was no urgent FaceTime. It was you saw what happened and we’ll wait, ”Durant said.
“They say he called Kevin from the parking lot, crying. They’re doing a crappy drama to make a movie. Things made for television. People started to talk and talk. I’m not going to fight with everyone. But at the end of the day, Kevin arrived, if that (the drama) helps them… ”Green added.
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Many point to the November 12, 2018 game against the Clippers as the moment when Durant decided not to return to Golden State after Green missed the ball in the closing seconds of the game and insulted each other on the bench. As they recalled:
Green – “I took the rebound and advanced the ball. Kevin asked me for the ball, but my whole plan was to go through the middle and step back He was shooting and we went home because we had a game against the Hawks the next day. So I imagined it, but Turn to pass, Kevin wasn’t behind, he stopped, and in looking for him to pass, the ball hits my foot when I look for him and everything goes wrong “.
Durant – In my mind, that’s how I saw it: we stopped, I took the rebound and ran to the other side to shoot the triple. That’s where there was a disconnect, that was the problem. I wanted that moment, Dray saw it differently and that was all the shock. I didn’t run because I thought I was mad I didn’t have that damn ball. Then Shai reached in because she saw I wasn’t running. “
Green – “We went out, I lost the ball and Kevin yells at me ‘give me that damn ball’. And I answer him, ‘I would give you the damn ball if you had walked’. We go to the sofa, I sit a few chairs to his right and he hits a chair and says, ‘I said give me that damn ball’. And there he said, “Let’s see, motherfucker, I’ll do this too, I’d give you the ball if you weren’t crying.” I do this too. We say things to each other, DeMarcus divorces me and asks me to shut up. For me it was shit because no one says anything to K, and if he runs the field he would give it to him. In my opinion, everyone has made this bigger for that. For me it was nothing because During that phase, Kevin was the only one who spoke offensive to me, the only one. We had a bad fight, but he called me out every once in a while. Now, looking back, the media coverage, the suspension … it made things worse. When we got back from Los Angeles, Bob and Steve spoke to me for 1 hour and 45 minutes. I said to them there: what the hell are you talking about? They say I crossed the line, they are things I didn’t have to say. And if they think it’s that bad they can’t say or do anything, the only one who can fix it when this is that bad is me. We met the next morning. I told them to get out of the way, I’m going to talk to K, apologize. Nobody wanted to listen to me and everything is even more out of proportion. Then I miss the next 10 games because of a toe injury and they don’t see us play 11 games, things are going on, they still have a life and if they had listened and let me talk to K everything would be different.
During “It bothered me, yes there are things you have told me but there are people who have told me things before but you really don’t believe it, it’s the heat of the moment. He went a little further, we’ll talk next week, we’ll see what really happens. I was so annoyed knowing they were going to use this to try and separate me from the group.talk about the contract, this and that, and he didn’t want to be sabotaged. I’ve seen it before. My focus was the triple championship. And everything was about what had happened to the Clippers. The following week in Dallas, with Klay, we spoke and found that we don’t normally talk like that. It’s part of our history, but ours is bigger than that. Then watch Steve say he had more fun exercising next year. It can’t be that you don’t want to deal with two such personalities who lose 20 points every week. “
Green: I’m telling you something … I played on that next team and had no more fun.
The last game Durant played before getting injured in February was against the Warriors, the first time Green was measured after leaving Golden State, and KD admits it’s more of a challenge as they know each other well.
“It’s more competitive. When you played in February, you defended a shot like no one else couldYou saw it coming, you did it. It’s familiarity, after seeing him so many times. He will score others, and we have fun. That’s all in your head, it’s fun. “
Green shares the sentiment and says it’s a game of chess like no other. “We used to do it before, but now it’s different because we went to the top together, we share something that few people share and that you unite naturally.I also understand exactly what you want to do; stopping him is another story, but you know so much … It makes the game more fun because just as important as having Kevin’s skill or what I contribute it’s a game of chess because you know if I do this it can upset him but he knows if they do this , it is also possible. affect us.It’s more fun to face K or Andre (Iguodala). It’s fun trying to win that chess. ”